Textbook : African American History; Pearson Prentice Hall
Hine, Hine, Harrold
Abstract: While African American Studies is not new to the School District of Philadelphia, the course African American History is a culmination and redefinition of many years of work on the part of many people within and outside of the school district. This course is designed to give participants a correct frame of the history of African peoples throughout time by examining the continent of Africa, its rich history, the enslavement of African people in the Americas and the vast contributions that African peoples have made to American society.
First Six Weeks: Unit A
Why Study Africa?
- Geography
- Origins of Humanity
- Nile Valley Civilizations
- Yoruba Civilizations
- Urban Heritage
- Timbuktu
- Benin Empire
Second Six Weeks :Unit 2
Becoming African and American While Resisting Enslavement
- The Passage
- Being African
- Black People in Colonial America
- Rising Expectations: African Americans and the
Struggle for Independence in the New Nation
- Becoming African American
Third Six Weeks: Unit 3
Slavery, Abolition and the Quest for Freedom
- Life in the Cotton Kingdom
- Extension of African Culture
o Haiti
o Brazil
o New Orleans
o South Carolina
- Free Black People in Antebellum America
- Opposition to Slavery
- Let Resistance Be Your Motto
Fourth Six Unit 4
Civil War, Black Reconstruction and Searching for Safe Spaces
- The Undetermined Status of African Americans
- Liberation
- The Meaning of Freedom
o Promise and Failure of Reconstruction
- African Americans in the South and the Challenge to White Supremacy
Fifth Six Weeks: Unit 5
The Great Migration, the Great Depression and the World at War
- The Scramble for Africa
- Conciliation, Agitation, Migration
- African Americans in the 1920’s
- Black Protest, the Great Depression and the New Deal
- Meanings of Freedom: Black Culture and Society in the 1930’s and 1940’s
- The World Wars I and II
- The Seeds of Revolution
Sixth Six :Unit 6
The Black Revolution and International Movements of Liberation
- International Movements of Liberation (1900 –Present)
- The Freedom Movement
- Nationalism
- African Americans and Conservatism
- African Americans at the Dawn of the New Millennium
- African Movement
o Present Immigration to Philadelphia
Grading:
Throughout the year multiple formats of assessing your academic performance will be provided that include frequent quizzes, comprehensive chapter and unit tests, multiple choice and open ended practice and related social studies projects. Grades will be determined by the following guidelines:
Assessments: 70%
-Tests: 25%
- Quizzes: 25%
- Projects 20%
Classwork: 15%
Homework 15%
90-100 A Excellent
80-89 B Very Good
70-79 C Average
65-69 D Clearly Below Average
0-64 F Failing
If you miss a test or quiz it is your responsibility to make it up either before or after school. I am available Mondays thru Thursdays for make-ups. Do not wait to be asked, be mature and take care of it. Missed notes and class assignments are also your responsibility. Please get the phone number of a responsible classmate in order to get homework or assignments that you missed and/or make arrangements to meet with me to get the assignments.
Classroom Regulations:
I want to take this opportunity to remind you of my classroom rules b.k.a. Mrs. Felder’s Ten Commandments:
1. Thou shall not be late to class.
2. Thou shall not come unprepared to class.
3. Thou shall not use profanity in this room.
4. Thou shall not bully any other student! (This means name call, hit, harass, or any other offensive act that may humiliate or embarrass another student.)
5. Thou shall not yell out answers unless asked to do so.
6. Thou shall give each person the opportunity to learn: this means not disturbing another student in any way when they are engaged in learning.
7. Thou shall give respect to everyone in the room.
(Basically treat people the way you want people to treat you not the way they treat you.)
8. Thou shall not eat or drink anything in this room.
9. Thou shall not wear any hats or coats in this room.
10 Thou shall not listen to, have or play any type of electronic device such as, walkmans, cell phones, pagers or games, in class.
Anyone who chooses to disregard these “commandments” will be subject to the following penalties:
First Time: Warning
Second Time: Detention
Third Time: Call Home
Fourth Time: Suspension and Parent must come in for a conference with Mrs. Felder and possibly the dean or assistant principal.
Some offences are subject to IMMEDIATE call home and/or suspension.
I look forward to a successful school year with you!☺
Roxborough High School
African American History
Syllabus 2008-2009
Teacher: Mrs. S. Felder
Room: 331
Periods: 2-3, 7-8, 12-13, 14-15
Table of Contents
Textbook : African American History; Pearson Prentice Hall
Hine, Hine, HarroldAbstract: While African American Studies is not new to the School District of Philadelphia, the course African American History is a culmination and redefinition of many years of work on the part of many people within and outside of the school district. This course is designed to give participants a correct frame of the history of African peoples throughout time by examining the continent of Africa, its rich history, the enslavement of African people in the Americas and the vast contributions that African peoples have made to American society.
First Six Weeks: Unit A
Why Study Africa?- Geography
- Origins of Humanity
- Nile Valley Civilizations
- Yoruba Civilizations
- Urban Heritage
- Timbuktu
- Benin Empire
Second Six Weeks :Unit 2
Becoming African and American While Resisting Enslavement- The Passage
- Being African
- Black People in Colonial America
- Rising Expectations: African Americans and the
Struggle for Independence in the New Nation
- Becoming African American
Third Six Weeks: Unit 3
Slavery, Abolition and the Quest for Freedom- Life in the Cotton Kingdom
- Extension of African Culture
o Haiti
o Brazil
o New Orleans
o South Carolina
- Free Black People in Antebellum America
- Opposition to Slavery
- Let Resistance Be Your Motto
Fourth Six Unit 4
Civil War, Black Reconstruction and Searching for Safe Spaces- The Undetermined Status of African Americans
- Liberation
- The Meaning of Freedom
o Promise and Failure of Reconstruction
- African Americans in the South and the Challenge to White Supremacy
Fifth Six Weeks: Unit 5
The Great Migration, the Great Depression and the World at War- The Scramble for Africa
- Conciliation, Agitation, Migration
- African Americans in the 1920’s
- Black Protest, the Great Depression and the New Deal
- Meanings of Freedom: Black Culture and Society in the 1930’s and 1940’s
- The World Wars I and II
- The Seeds of Revolution
Sixth Six :Unit 6
The Black Revolution and International Movements of Liberation- International Movements of Liberation (1900 –Present)
- The Freedom Movement
- Nationalism
- African Americans and Conservatism
- African Americans at the Dawn of the New Millennium
- African Movement
o Present Immigration to Philadelphia
Grading:
Throughout the year multiple formats of assessing your academic performance will be provided that include frequent quizzes, comprehensive chapter and unit tests, multiple choice and open ended practice and related social studies projects. Grades will be determined by the following guidelines:Assessments: 70%
-Tests: 25%
- Quizzes: 25%
- Projects 20%
Classwork: 15%
Homework 15%
90-100 A Excellent
80-89 B Very Good
70-79 C Average
65-69 D Clearly Below Average
0-64 F Failing
If you miss a test or quiz it is your responsibility to make it up either before or after school. I am available Mondays thru Thursdays for make-ups. Do not wait to be asked, be mature and take care of it. Missed notes and class assignments are also your responsibility. Please get the phone number of a responsible classmate in order to get homework or assignments that you missed and/or make arrangements to meet with me to get the assignments.
Classroom Regulations:
I want to take this opportunity to remind you of my classroom rules b.k.a. Mrs. Felder’s Ten Commandments:
1. Thou shall not be late to class.
2. Thou shall not come unprepared to class.
3. Thou shall not use profanity in this room.
4. Thou shall not bully any other student! (This means name call, hit, harass, or any other offensive act that may humiliate or embarrass another student.)
5. Thou shall not yell out answers unless asked to do so.
6. Thou shall give each person the opportunity to learn: this means not disturbing another student in any way when they are engaged in learning.
7. Thou shall give respect to everyone in the room.
(Basically treat people the way you want people to treat you not the way they treat you.)
8. Thou shall not eat or drink anything in this room.
9. Thou shall not wear any hats or coats in this room.
10 Thou shall not listen to, have or play any type of electronic device such as, walkmans, cell phones, pagers or games, in class.
Anyone who chooses to disregard these “commandments” will be subject to the following penalties:
First Time: Warning
Second Time: Detention
Third Time: Call Home
Fourth Time: Suspension and Parent must come in for a conference with Mrs. Felder and possibly the dean or assistant principal.
Some offences are subject to IMMEDIATE call home and/or suspension.
I look forward to a successful school year with you!☺
Useful LInks
African American Museum in PhiladelphiaThe Historical Society of Pennsylvania
The Library Company of Philadelphia
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
African Americans in Politics
The Abolition of the Slave Trade
The African American Migration Experience